Link Up Markets
| Link Up Markets | |
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| Founded | March 30, 2009 |
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| Headquarters | Madrid, Spain |
| Key People | Managing Director, Tomas Kindler |
| Products | Offers direct access to eight markets via a single gateway |
| Releases | [[1] Company News] |
Link Up Markets is a joint venture by eight leading central securities depositories (CSDs) – Clearstream Banking AG Frankfurt (Germany), Cyprus Stock Exchange (Cyprus), Hellenic Exchanges S.A. (Greece), IBERCLEAR (Spain), Oesterreichische Kontrollbank AG (Austria), SIX SIS AG (Switzerland), VP SECURITIES (Denmark) and VPS (Norway).[1]Its aim is to reduce costs of post-trade processing of cross-border securities trading in Europe.[2]
History[edit]
The Link Up Markets infrastructure – delivered by Clearstream Services and based on two existing standard products of Tata Consultancy Services - was implemented within only eight months and for investments below 10 million euros. Strate Ltd, South Africa's central securities depository (CSD), became the first non-European member of Link Up Market.
Products and Services[edit]
Link Up Markets Offers direct access to eight markets via a single gateway, consolidation of liquidity and custody pools across participating markets and offers depository consolidation.[3]
Key People[edit]
- Managing Director, Tomas Kindler
Board of Directors:
- Jesus Benito
- Spyros Capralos
- Jan Hellstrom
- Socrates Lazarldis
- Johannes Luef
- Jose Massa
- Robert Rickenbacher
- Andreas Wolf
- Thomas Zeeb
- George Zinner
References[edit]
- ↑ Link Up Markets. Link Up Markets.
- ↑ Greek, Spain Bourses Connect With Link Up Markets. Reuters.
- ↑ Improved Post-Trade Efficiency by Interoperability. Link Up Markets.